Though suspended ceilings (above, right) remain the most popular ceiling system option, facility managers report that 17% of their total building square footage still features an open plenum ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

QUINCY, Mass.—Cloud ceilings—drop ceilings that don't extend all the way to perimeter walls—are increasingly popular in commercial and industrial buildings. But for fire protection, is a sprinkler ...

Among the revisions in the 2014 NEC are some new Articles, one of which is Art. 393. As with most Chapter 3 Articles, this one exists to address a particular type of product. Low-voltage suspended ...

The next series of articles on alternative radiant heating systems is going to be directed towards radiant ceiling heating and cooling systems. In all of my years of applying radiant comfort systems, ...

Thermoformed ceilings, acoustic panels, sound isolation membrane, and undulating ceiling systems are featured in this roundup of breakthrough products. Decorative ceilings can be an attractive feature ...